actorBirthplace: Gran Canaria, SpainBorn: 5/1/1969 Bardem was a major star in his native Spain long before he gained wide praise on these shores for his Oscar-nominated role as gay Cuban writer…
(Carlos Ray Norris)actor, athleteBorn: 3/10/1940Birthplace: Ryan, Oklahoma Norris won the World Middleweight Karate Championship seven times before entering the entertainment business. He is famous…
blues musicianBorn: 8/22/1917Birthplace: Clarksdale, Miss. legendary blues musician whose somber lyrics and endless one-chord guitar riffs helped to define boogie blues. He has influenced bands ra.…
printer, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of Unlikeness, in 1944.…
(Encyclopedia) ManoleteManoletemänōlāˈtā [key], 1917–47, Spanish matador, b. Córdoba. Christened Manuel Rodríguez y Sánchez, he was the son and grandson of matadors, who both also had the nickname…
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Luis Walter Alvarez, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Franklin Chang-Dìaz, astronaut Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Carlos Noriega, astronaut Ellen Ochoa,…
(Encyclopedia) Castro, Inés de, or Inez de CastroCastro, Inés de,both: īˈnĕz də kăsˈtrō, Port. ēnĕshˈ dĭ käshˈtr&oobreve; [key], d. 1355, Spanish noblewoman, a celebrated beauty, and a tragic…
(Encyclopedia) Gilberto, João (João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira), 1931–2019, Brazilian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. With Carlos Jobim and others, he created the cool, sophisticated…
